Type (I) : Very Short Answer Type Questions : [01 Mark Each]

1. Give a few examples of motion in two dimensions.

2. What are horizontal and vertical components of acceleration of a body thrown horizontally with uniform
speed?
3. What is angle of projection for a projectile thrown parallel to horizontal ?
4. Two balls are released simultaneously from a certain height, one is allowed to fall freely and other thrown with
some horizontal velocity. Will they hit the ground together ? Substantiate your answer with proper reason-
ing.
OR
A bullet is dropped from a certain height and at the same time another bullet is fired horizontally from the
same height. Which one will hit the ground earlier and why ?

5. A hunter aims his gun and fires directly at a monkey sitting in a tree. The moment the bullet leaves the barrel
of the gun, the monkey falls. Will the bullet hit the monkey ?

Type (II) : Short Answer Type Questions : [02 Marks Each]

6. A body is dropped freely from the window of a train. Will the time of the free fall be equal, if the train is
stationary, the train moves with constant velocity, the train moves with an acceleration ?
7. State whether the following statement is true or false : “A projectile fired from the ground follows a parabolic
path. The speed of the projectile is minimum at the top of the path.” Give reasons in support of your answer.
8. The magnitude of the velocity of projection being fixed, how does the range of projectile depend upon its
angle of projection ? Is there any optimum value for the angle of projection so that the range may be maxi-
mum ?

9. Find the angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of a projectile are equal.

10. A man can jump on moon six times as high as on earth. Why ?

Type (III) : Long Answer Type Questions: [04 Mark Each]

11. What do you mean by a projectile ? A projectile is fired with velocity u making an angle  with the horizontal.
Show that its path is parabolic. Also, find the expressions for (i) maximum height attained and (ii) time of
flight.

12. An aeroplane is flying horizontally at a height of 490 m with a velocity of 360 km h–1. A bag containing ration
is to be dropped to the jawans on the ground. How far from them should the bag be released, so that it falls
directly over them ?

13. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a cliff with a velocity of 9.8 ms–1. What time elapses, before
the horizontal and vertical velocities become equal ? (Given g = 9.8 ms–2)

14. A projectile is thrown from a point 39.2 m away from the foot of a building 19.6 m high and just reaches the
top horizontally. Find the velocity of projection and the angle of throw.

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 PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
SECTION (A) : DEFINITION, PROJECTILE ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE
A-1. A particle is projected with velocity 20 m/s at an angle of 45° with horizontal. Find out the -
(a) horizontal Range [take g = 10 m/s2]
(b) Maximum Height
(c) Time of flight
(d) Angle for which T is maximum, Tmax = ?
(e) Angle for which R is maximum, Rmax. = ?

A-2. Two bodies are projected at angles  and (90 – ) to the horizontal with the same speed. Find the ratio of their
times of flight?

A-3. In above question find the ratio of the maximum vertical heights ?

A-4. A body is so projected in the air that the horizontal range covered by the body is equal to the maximum
vertical height attained by the body during the motion. Find the angle of projection ?

A-5. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projections at a given speed. If T1 & T2 be the times
of flight in two cases, then find out relation between T1, T2 and R ?

A-6. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. To what height above the ground can
the cricketer throw the same ball with same speed.

A-7. A player kicks a football at an angle of 45º with an initial speed of 20 m/s . A second player on the goal
line 60 m away in the direction of kick starts running to receive the ball at that instant. Find the
constant speed of the second player with which he should run to catch the ball before it hits the ground
[g = 10 m/s2 ]

A-8. The direction of motion of a projectile at a certain instant is inclined at an angle  to the horizontal.
After t seconds it is inclined an angle  . Find the horizontal component of velocity of projection in
terms of g, t,  and andare positive in anticlockwise direction)

A-9. A gun kept on a straight horizontal road is used to hit a car, traveling along the same road away from the gun
with a uniform speed of 72 × 2 km/hour. The car is at a distance of 50 metre from the gun, when the gun is
fired at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. Find (i) the distance of the car from the gun when the shell hits it,
(ii) the speed of projection of the shell from the gun. [g = 10 m/s2]

SECTION (B) : PROJECTILE FROM A TOWER

B-1. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 m/s from the top of a hill 490 m high. Find :
(take g = 9.8 m/s2)
(i) The time taken to reach the ground
(ii) The distance of the target from the foot of hill
(iii) The velocity with which the particle hits the ground

B-2._ From the top of a tower of height 50m a ball is projected upwards with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle of 30°
to the horizontal. then calculate -
(i) Maximum height from the ground (ii) At what distance from the foot of the tower does the projectile hit the
ground. (iii) Time of flight.

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SECTION (C) : EQUATION OF TRAJECTORY
gx 2
C-1. The equation of a projectile is y= 3x– , find the angle of projection. Also find the speed of
2

d2 x d2 y
projection. Where at t = 0, x = 0 and y = 0 also =0& = – g.
dt 2 dt 2

SECTION (D) PROJECTILE ON AN INCLINED PLANE

D-1. A particle is projected at an angle  with an inclined plane making an angle  with the horizontal as shown
in figure, speed of the particle is u, after time t find :
(a) x component of acceleration ?
(b) y component of acceleration ?
(c) x component of velocity ?
(d) y component of velocity ?
(e) x component of displacement ?
(f) y component of displacement ?
(g) y component of velocity when particle is at maximum distance from the incline plane ?

PART - II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
SECTION (A) : DEFINITION, PROJECTILE ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE
A-1. A ball is thrown upwards. It returns to ground describing a parabolic path. Which of the following remains
constant?
(A) Speed of the ball (B) Kinetic energy of the ball
(C) Vertical component of velocity (D) Horizontal component of velocity.

A-2. A bullet is fired horizontally from a rifle at a distant target. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, which of the
following is correct?
Horizontal Vertical
Acceleration Acceleration
(A) 10 ms–2 10 ms–2
(B) 10 ms –2
0 ms–2
(C) 0 ms –2
10 ms–2
(D) 0 ms –2
0 ms–2.

A-3. A point mass is projected, making an acute angle with the horizontal. If angle between velocity v and

acceleration g is at any time t during the motion, then  is given by
(A) 0º <  < 90º (B)  = 90º (C)  < 90º (D) 0º <  < 180º

5
A-4. It was calculated that a shell when fired from a gun with a certain velocity and at an angle of elevationrad
36
should strike a given target in the same horizontal plane. In actual practice, it was found that a hill just
prevented the trajectory. At what angle of elevation should the gun be fired to hit the target.
5 11 7 13
(A) rad (B) rad (C) rad (D) rad.
36 36 36 36
A-5. A projectile is thrown with a speed v at an angle  with the upward vertical. Its average velocity between the
instants at which it crosses half the maximum height is
(A) v sin , horizontal and in the plane of projection
(B) v cos , horizontal and in the plane of projection
(C) 2v sin , horizontal and perpendicular to the plane of projection
(D) 2v cos , vertical and in the plane of projection.

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A-6. A particle moves along the parabolic path y = ax 2 in such a way that the x component of the velocity
remains constant, say c. The acceleration of the particle is
(A) ac k̂ (B) 2ac2 ĵ (C) ac2 ĵ (D) a2c ĵ

A-7. During projectile motion, acceleration of a particle at the highest point of its trajectory is
(A) g (B) zero
(C) less than g (D) dependent upon projection velocity

A-8. The speed at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial speed u. Its range on the horizontal
plane is:

2u 2 3 u2 u2 u2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3g 2g 3g 2g

A-9. The velocity of projection of a projectile is (6 î + 8 ĵ ) ms–1.. The horizontal range of the projectile is
(g = 10 m/sec2)
(A) 4.9 m (B) 9.6 m (C) 19.6 m (D) 14 m

SECTION (B) : PROJECTILE FROM A TOWER

B-1.* One stone is projected horizontally from a 20 m high cliff with an initial speed of 10 ms–1. A second stone is
simultaneously dropped from that cliff. Which of the following is true?
(A) Both strike the ground with the same speed.
(B) The stone with initial speed 10 ms–1 reaches the ground first.
(C) Both the stones hit the ground at the same time.
(D) Both strike the ground with different speed

B-2.* Particles are projected from the top of a tower with same speed at differ
ent angles as shown. Which of the following are True ?
(A) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed.
(B) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed simultaneously.
(C) Particle 1 will be the first to strike the ground.
(D) Particle 1 strikes the ground with maximum speed.

B-3. An object is thrown horizontally from a point 'A' from a tower and hits the ground 3s later at B. The line from
‘A’ to ‘B’ makes an angle of 30º with the horizontal. The initial velocity of the object is : (take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 15 3 m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 10 3 m/s (D) 25 / 3 m/s

B-4. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with initial velocity 18 ms–1. It hits the ground at angle
45º. What is the vertical component of velocity when it strikes the ground?
(A) 18 2 ms–1 (B) 18 ms–1 (C) 9 2 ms–1 (D) 9 ms–1

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SECTION (C) : EQUATION OF TRAJECTORY
C-1. A ball is projected from a certain point on the surface of a planet at a certain angle with the horizontal surface.
The horizontal and vertical displacement x and y varies with time t in second as:
x = 10 3 t and y = 10t – t2
The maximum height attained by the ball is
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 50 m (D) 25 m.

C-2. A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30° with the horizontal and lands on the top edge of a building
that is 20 m away. The top edge is 5m above the throwing point. The initial speed of the ball in metre/
second is (take g = 10 m/s2) :

(4  3 ) 4– 3
(A) u = 40 m/s (B) u = 40 m/s
13 3 13 3

4 3 40
(C) u = 40 m/s (D) u = 40 m/s
13 3 (4  3 )

SECTION (D) : PROJECTILE ON AN INCLINED PLANE

D-1. A plane surface is inclined making an angle  with the horizontal. From the bottom of this inclined plane, a
bullet is fired with velocity v. The maximum possible range of the bullet on the inclined plane is

v2 v2 v2 v2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g(1  sin ) g(1  sin ) g(1  cos )

D-2. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the top of a plane inclined at an angle 45º with the
horizontal. How far from the point of projection will the ball strike the plane?

v2 2 v2 2v 2 2 2 v2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)  g 
g g g  

D-3. A particle is projected at angle 37° with the incline plane in upward direction with speed 10 m/s. The angle of
incline plane is given 53°. Then the maximum distance from the incline plane attained by the particle will be
-
(A) 3m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) zero

D-4. On an inclined plane of inclination 30º, a ball is thrown at an angle of 60º with the horizontal from the foot of
the incline with a velocity of 10 3 ms–1. If g = 10 ms–2, then the time in which ball will hit the inclined plane
is -
(A) 1 sec. (B) 6 sec. (C) 2 sec. (D) 4 sec.

PART - III : ASSERTION / REASONING

1. STATEMENT-1 : In a projectile motion, the velocity at its highest point is zero.
STATEMENT-2 : In a projectile motion from ground to ground projection, the acceleration is g downwards due
to which speed of the projectile first decreases then increases to the same value.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

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2. STATEMENT-1 : Two stones are simultaneously projected from level ground from same point with same
speeds but different angles with horizontal. Both stones move in same vertical plane. Then the two
stones may collide in mid air.
STATEMENT-2 : For two stones projected simultaneously from same point with same speed at different
angles with horizontal, their trajectories may intersect at some point.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

3. STATEMENT-1 : Horizontal component of velocity is constant in a projectile motion under gravity.

STATEMENT-2 : Net acceleration is along the vertical direction in projectile motion under gravity.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

4. STATEMENT-1 : A stone is projected ( not vertically upwards) from level ground . The average velocity
of this stone is in horizontal direction in between the two instants of time when velocity of stone makes
same angle( in magnitude) with horizontal . ( Neglect air friction)
STATEMENT-2 : The average velocity of a projectile ( not projected vertically upwards) in between any
two instants of time is always in horizontal direction.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. If at an instant the velocity of a projectile be u and its inclination to the horizontal be , at what time
interval after that instant will the particle be moving at right angles to its former direction.

2. A man is sitting on the shore of a river. He is in the line of a 2 m long boat and is 11 m away from the centre
of the boat. He wishes to throw a mango into the boat. If he can throw the mango only with a speed of
10 2 m/s. find the minimum and maximum angles of projection for successful shot. Assume that the point
of projection and the edge of the boat are in the same horizontal level. (g = 10 m/s2)

3. A projectile is aimed at a mark which is in the same horizontal plane as the point of projection. It falls 10 m
short of the target when it is projected with an elevation of 75º and falls 10 m ahead of the target when it is
projected with an elevation of 45º. Find the correct elevation of projection so that it exactly hit the target. It is
given that the initial speed of projection is the same in each case.

4. A person standing on the top of a cliff 30 m high has to throw a packet to his friend standing on the ground
40 m horizontally away. If he throws the packet directly aiming at the friend with a speed of 125/3 m/s, how
short will the packet fall? [Use g = 10 m/s2].

5. From the top of a tower of height 40 m, a ball is projected upwards with a speed of 20 m/sec at an
angle of 30º to the horizontal. When and at what distance from the foot of the tower does the ball hit the
ground ? W hat is the speed of the ball at this instant ?

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 
6. The radius vector of a point A relative to the origin varies with time t as r = at î  bt 2 ĵ , where a and

b are positive constants and î and ĵ are the unit vectors of the x and y axes. Find:
(i) The equation of the point's trajectory y (x) ; plot this function
(ii) The time dependence of the velocity v and acceleration a vectors as well as of the moduli of
these quantities.

7. A hunter in a valley is trying to shoot a deer on a hill. The distance of the deer along his line of sight is
10 181 meters and the height of the hill is 90 meters. His gun has a muzzle velocity of 100 m/sec. How
many meters above the deer should he aim his rifle in order to hit it? [ g = 10 m/s2 ]

8. Shots fired simultaneously from the top and bottom of a vertical cliff with the elevation  and  respectively,
strike an object simultaneously at the same point on the ground. If s is the horizontal distance of the
object from the cliff, then what is the height of the cliff. ( >  )

9. A Bomber flying upward at an angle of 53º with the vertical releases a bomb at an altitude of 800 m. The
bomb strikes the ground 20 sec after its release . Find :
(i) The velocity of the bomber at the time of release of the bomb .
(ii) The maximum height attained by the bomb .
(iii) The horizontal distance travelled by the bomb before it strikes the ground
(iv) The velocity (magnitude and direction) of the bomb just when it strikes the ground .
[Given sin 53º = 0.8 ; g = 10 ms2]

10. A man is travelling on a flat car which is moving up a plane inclined at cos = 4/5 to the horizontal with
a speed 5 m/s. He throws a ball towards a stationary hoop located perpendicular to the incline in such a way
that the ball moves parallel to the slope of the incline while going through the centre of the hoop. The centre
of the hoop is 4 m high from the man's hand calculate the time taken by the ball to reach the hoop.

11._ A ball starts falling with zero initial velocity on a smooth inclined plane forming an angle  with the horizontal.
Having fallen the distance h, the ball rebounds elastically off the inclined plane. At what distance from the
impact point will the ball rebound for the second time ?

12._ A stone is projected horizontally with speed v from a height h above ground. A horizontal wind is
blowing in direction opposite to velocity of projection and gives the stone a constant horizontal
acceleration f (in direction opposite to initial velocity). As a result the stone falls on ground at a point
vertically below the point of projection. Then find the value of height h in terms of f, g, v is (g is
acceleration due to gravity)

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 PART - II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Single choice type
1. A particle moves in the xy plane with only an x-component of acceleration of 2 m s–2. The particle starts from
the origin at t = 0 with an initial velocity having an x-component of 8 m s–1 and y-component of –15 ms–1.
Velocity of particle after time t is :
(A) [(8 + 2t) î – 15 ĵ ] m s–1 (B) zero

(C) 2t î + 15 ĵ (D) directed along z-axis.

2. A small ball rolls of the top of a stairway horizontally with a velocity of 4.5 m s–1. Each step is 0.2 m high and
0.3 m wide. If g is 10 ms–2, then the ball will strike the nth step where n is equal to (assume ball strike at the
edge of the step).
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12

3. A plane flying horizontally at a height of 1500 m with a velocity of 200 ms–1 passes directly overhead an
antiaircraft gun. Then the angle with the horizontal at which the gun should be fired for the shell with a muzzle
velocity of 400 m s–1 to hit the plane, is -
(A) 90º (B) 60º (C) 30º (D) 45º

4. If R and h represent the horizontal range and maximum height respectively of an oblique projection whose

R2
start point (i.e. point of projecteion) & end point are in same horizontal level. Then + 2h represents
8h
(A) maximum horizontal range (B) maximum vertical range
(C) time of flight (D) velocity of projectile at highest point

5. A projectile is thrown with velocity v making an angle  with the horizontal. It just crosses the top of two
poles, each of height h, after 1 second and 3 second respectively. The time of flight of the projectile is
(A) 1 s (B) 3 s (C) 4 s (D) 7.8 s.

6. A particle move along the parabolic path x = y 2 + 2y + 2 in such a way that the y-component of velocity
vector remains 5m/s during the motion. The magnitude of the acceleration of the particle is :
(A) 50 m/s2 (B) 100 m/s2 (C) 10 2 m/s2 (D) 0.1 m/s2

7. A body has an initial velocity of 3 ms–1 and has a constant acceleration of 1 ms–2 normal to the direction of the
initial velocity. Then its velocity, 4 second after the start is
(A) 7 ms–1 along the direction of initial velocity
(B) 7 ms–1 along the normal to the direction of the initial velocity
(C) 7 ms–1 mid-way between the two directions
4
(D) 5 ms–1 at an angle of tan 1 with the direction of the initial velocity
3

8. A stone projected at an angle of 60º from the ground level strikes at an angle of 30º on the roof of a building
of height ‘h’. Then the speed of projection of the stone is :

(A) 2gh (B) 6gh (C) 3gh (D) gh

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9. A particle at a height ' h ' from the ground is projected with an angle 30° from the horizontal, it strikes
the ground making angle 45° with horizontal. It is again projected from the same point at height h with
the same speed but with an angle of 60° with horizontal. Find the angle it makes with the horizontal
when it strikes the ground :
(A) tan1 (4) (B) tan1 (5) (C) tan1 ( 5) (D) tan1 ( 3)
10. A ball is thrown eastward across level ground. A wind blows horizontally to the east, and assume that
the effect of wind is to provide a constant force towards the east, equal in magnitude to the weight of
the ball. The angle  (with horizontal east) at which the ball should be projected so that it travels
maximum horizontal distance is
(A) 45° (B) 37° (C) 53° (D) 67.5°

11. If 4 seconds be the time in which a projectile reaches a point P of its path and 5 seconds the time from
P till it reaches the horizontal plane passing through the point of projection . The height of P above the
horizontal plane will be - [ g = 9.8 m/sec 2 ]
(A) 98 meters (B) 49 meters (C) 196 meters (D) 147 meters

12._ From the ground level, a ball is to be shot with a certain speed. Graph shows the range R it will have
versus the launch angle . The least speed the ball will have during its flight if  is chosen such that the
flight time is half of its maximum possible value, is equal to (take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 250 m/s (B) 50 3 m/s (C) 50 m/s (D) 25 3 m/s

13._ A projectile is fired at an angle  with the horizontal. Find the condition under which it lands perpendicular on
an inclined plane of inclination  as shown in figure.

(A) sin  = cos ( – ) (B) cos  = sin ( – )

(C) tan  = cot ( – ) (D) cot( – ) = 2tan
More than one choice type
14.*_ A projectile is projected at an angle  (> 45°) with an initial velocity u. The time t at which its horizontal
component will equal the vertical component in magnitude:
u u
(A) t = g ( cos  – sin ) (B) t = g ( cos  + sin )

u u
(C) t = g ( sin  – cos ) (D) t = g ( sin2  – cos2 )

15.* At what angle should a body be projected with a velocity 24 ms–1 just to pass over the obstacle 14 m high at
a distance of 24 m. [Take g = 10 ms–2]
(A) tan  = 19/5(B) tan  = 1 (C) tan  = 3 (D) tan  = 2

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 PART - III : MATCH THE COLUMN/ COMPREHENSION
1. An inclined plane makes an angle  = 45° with horizontal. A stone is projected normally from the inclined
plane, with speed u m/s at t = 0 sec. x and y axis are drawn from point of projection along and normal to
inclined plane as shown. The length of incline is sufficient for stone to land on it and neglect air friction. Match
the statements given in column I with the results in column II. (g in column II is acceleration due to
gravity.)

Column I Column II

2 2u
(A) The instant of time at which velocity of stone is (p)
g
parallel to x-axis
2u
(B) The instant of time at which velocity of stone (q) g

makes an angle  = 45° with positive x-axis.

in clockwise direction

2u
(C) The instant of time till which (starting from t = 0) (r)
g
component of displacement along x-axis become half
the range on inclined plane is
u
(D) Time of flight on inclined plane is (s)
2g

2. A particle is projected from level ground. Assuming projection point as origin, x-axis along horizontal
and y-axis along vertically upwards. If particle moves in x-y plane and its path is given by y = ax – bx 2
where a, b are positive constants. Then match the physical quantities given in column-I with the values
given in column-II. (g in column II is acceleration due to gravity.)
Column I Column II
a
(A) Horizontal component of velocity (p)
b
a2
(B) Time of flight (q)
4b
g
(C) Maximum height (r)
2b

2 a2
(D) Horizontal range (s)
bg

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 COMPREHENSION
Comprehension # 1
We know how by neglecting the air resistance, the problems of projectile motion can be easily solved
and analysed. Now we consider the case of the collision of a ball with a wall. In this case the problem
of collision can be simplified by considering the case of elastic collision only. When a ball collides with
a wall we can divide its velocity into two components, one perpendicular to the wall and other parallel
to the wall. If the collision is elastic then the perpendicular component of velocity of the ball gets
reversed with the same magnitude.
Vcos Vcos

v
 Vsin
Vsin

Velocity just Components of velocity Components of velocity

before collision just before collision just after collision

The other parallel component of velocity will remain constant if given wall is smooth.
Now let us take a problem. Three balls ‘A’ and ‘B’ & ‘C’ are projected from ground with same speed at
same angle with the horizontal. The balls A,B and C collide with the wall during their flight in air and
all three collide perpendicularly with the wall as shown in figure.

A C
B  

3. Which of the following relation about the maximum height H of the three balls from the ground during
their motion in air is correct :
(A) HA = HC > HB (B) HA > HB = HC (C) HA > HC > HB (D) HA = HB = HC

4. If the time taken by the ball A to fall back on ground is 4 seconds and that by ball B is 2 seconds. Then
the time taken by the ball C to reach the inclined plane after projection will be :
(A) 6 sec. (B) 4 sec. (C) 3 sec. (D) 5 sec.

5. The maximum height attained by ball ‘A’ from the ground is :

(A) 10 m (B) 15 m (C) 20 m (D) Insufficient information

Comprehension # 2
Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclinations 30° and 60° with the horizontal respectively intersect
m
each other at O, as shown in figure. A particle is projected from point P with velocity u = 10 3 along
s
a direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle strikes plane OB perpendicular at Q (Take g = 10
m/s2). Then

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6. The time of flight from P to Q is :-
(A) 5 Sec. (B) 2 sec (C) 1 sec (D) None of these

7. The speed with which the particle strikes the plane OB is :-

(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 30 m/s (D) 40 m/s

8. The height h of point P from the ground is :-

(A) 10 3 m (B) 10 m (C) 5 m (D) 20 m

9. The distance PQ is :-
(A) 20 m (B) 10 3 m (C) 10 m (D) 5 m

PART - I : IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
1. A building 4.8 m high 2b meters wide has a flat roof. A ball is projected from a point on the horizontal ground
14.4 m away from the building along its width. If projected with velocity 16 m/s at an angle of 45º with the
ground, the ball hits the roof in the middle, find the width 2b. Also find the angle of projection so that the ball
just crosses the roof if projected with velocity 10 3 m/s.(g=10m/s2) [REE '95, 6]

2. A vertical pole has a red mark at some height. A stone is projected from a fixed point on the ground.
When projected at an angle of 45º it hits the pole orthogonally 1 m above the mark. When projected
with a different speed at an angle of tan1(3/4), it hits the pole orthogonally 1.5 m below the mark. Find
the speed and angle of projection so that it hits the mark orthogonally to the pole. [ g = 10 m/sec 2 ]
[REE '96, 6 ]

3.* The coordinates of a particle moving in a plane are given by x (t) = a cos (p t) and y (t) = b sin (pt),
where a, b (< a) and p are positive constants of appropriate dimensions then - [JEE 1999, 3/200]
(A) the path of the particle is an ellipse
(B) the velocity and acceleration of the particle are normal to each other at t = /2p
(C) the acceleration of the particle is always directed towards a focus
(D) the distance travelled by the particle in time interval t = 0 to = /2p is a.

4. Shots fired simultaneously from the top and foot of a vertical cliff at elevations of 300 and 600 respectively,
strike an object simultaneously which is at a height of 100 meters from the ground and at a horizontal
distance of 200 3 meters from the cliff. Find the height of the cliff, the velocities of projection of the
shots and the time taken by the shots to hit the object. (g = 10 m/sec2.) [REE-2000, 5/100]

PART - II : AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of 45° to the horizontal.The kinetic energy of the
ball at the highest point of its flight will be : [AIEEE-2002, 4/300]
(1) E (2) E/ 2 (3) E/2 (4) zero

2. A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high building throws a ball with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 30º with
the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball be at the height of 10 m from the ground?

3
[g = 10 m/s2, sin 30º = 1/2, cos 30º = ] [AIEEE-2002, 4/300]
2
(1) 5.20 m (2) 4.33 m (3) 2.60 m (4) 8.66 m

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3. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If T1 and T2 be the time of flights in the two
cases, then the product of the two times of flights is directly proportional to : [AIEEE-2004, 05, 4/300]
(1) 1/R2 (2) 1/R (3) R (4) R2

4. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed v 0 at angle of projection . From the same point and at the same
instant, a person starts running with a constant speed v 0/2 to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle
of projection? [AIEEE-2004, 4/300]
(1) Yes, 60º (2) Yes, 30º (3) No (4) Yes, 45º

5. A particle is projected at 60º to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. The kinetic energy at the highest point is
[AIEEE-2007, 3/120]
(1) K (2) Zero (3) K/4 (4) K/2

6. A particle has an initial velocity of 3 î  4 ĵ and an acceleration of 0.4 î  0.3 ĵ . Its speed after 10 s is :
[AIEEE-2009, 4/144]
(1) 7 2 units (2) 7 units (3) 8.5 units (4) 10 units


7. A particle is moving with velocity v  K( y î  x ĵ ) , where K is a constant. The general equation for its path is:
(1) y = x2 + constant (2) y2 = x + constant [AIEEE 2010, 4/144]
(3) xy = constant (4) y2 = x2 + constant

8. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the fountain
is v, the total area around the fountain that gets wet is : [AIEEE - 2011, 4/120, –1]

v2 v4  v4 v2
(1)  (2)  (3) 2 2 (4) 
g g2 g g2

9. A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of 10m. The maximum horizontal distance that the boy can
throw the same stone up to will be : [AIEEE 2012 ; 4/120, –1]

(1) 20 2 m (2) 10 m (3) 10 2 m (4) 20m

10.  
A projectile is given an initial velocity of î  2 ĵ m/s, where î is along the ground and ĵ is along the vertical.

If g = 10 m/s2, the equation of its trajectory is : [JEE-Main 2013, 4/120]

(1) y = x – 5x2 (2) y = 2x – 5x2 (3) 4y = 2x – 5x2 (4) 4y = 2x – 25x2

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 BOARD LEVEL EXERCISE : HINT & SOLUTIONS 9.  = 75.96°

1. A bag dropped from an aircraft flying horizontally, a u 2 sin 2 

10. We know, H =
gun shot fired at some angle with the horizontal, 2g
etc.
On the moon, the acceleration due to gravity, g’ =
2. When a body is thrown horizontally with uniform g/6
speed, then Therefore, the maximum height attained on the
acceleration along the horizontal = 0 moon,
and acceleration along the vertical = g.
u 2 sin 2  u 2 sin 2 
3. It is 0° H’ = = = 6H
2g' 2g / 6
4. Both the balls will hit the ground together. It is
hence, one can jump on the moon six times as
because, the two balls fall through the same height
high as on the earth .
and the initial velocity of both the balls along the
vertical is zero. 11. Refer theory notes 12. 1000 m

5. Yes, the bullet will hit the monkey. It is because of 13. t = 1 sec 14. 27.72 ms–1, 45°
the fact that both the monkey and the bullet fall
through the same height and the initial velocity of Exercise-1
both of them along the vertical is zero. PART - I
6. The motion of the train only affects the magnitude SECTION (A)
of the horizontal component of velocity and the A-1. (a) 40 m (b) 10 m
acceleration of the body along the horizontal, if any.
(c) 2 2 sec. (d)  = 90° , 4 sec.
It does not affect the nature of the motion along
the vertical. Therefore, in all the three cases, the (e)  = 45° , 40 m
time of free fall of the body will be equal. A-2. sin  : cos  ; tan  
7. The statement is true. The velocity of the projectile A-3. sin2  : cos2 ; tan2 : 1
fired with a velocity u making angle  with the
A-4. tan = 4 or  = tan–1 (4)
horizontal has two components. The horizontal
component is u cos and the vertical component 2R
is u sin . The horizontal component remains A-5. T1T2 = g A-6. 50 m
constant throughout the motion, whereas the vertical
component goes on decreasing and ultimately gt
becomes zero at the top of the path. At this A-7. 5 2 m/s A-8.
tan  tan
position, the net velocity of the body is minimum.
A-9. (i) 250 m (ii) 50 m/sec.
8. The horizontal range of a projectile is given by
u 2 sin 2 SECTION (B)
R=
g B-1. (i) 10 sec. (ii) 980 m (iii) 98 2 m/s
As the magnitude of the velocity is fixed and g is
constant at a given place, therefore B-2. (i) 61.25 m (ii) 75 3 m  130 m
R sin2 (iii) 5 sec.
i.e. range of projectile is directly proportional to
sine of the twice of the angle of projection. SECTION (C)
For sin2 = 1 i.e.  = 45°, the range of the projectile C-1.  = 60° , 2 m/s
is maximum.

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SECTION (D) 7. 10 m or 1810 m

D-1. (a) – g sin, (b) –g cos, 8. h = s(tan – tan).

(c) u cos – g sin × t, (d) u sin – gcos × t,
9. (i) 100 m/s (ii) 980 m (iii) 1600 m
1
(e) u cos× t – g sin× t2, (iv)  = tan-1 (7/4), v = 20 65 m/s
2

1 10. 1s
(f) u sin× t – g cos× t2, (g) zero.
2 11. 8 h sin .

PART - II 2gv 2
12._ h =
SECTION (A) f2
A-1. (D) A-2. (C) A-3. (D) A-4. (D)
PART - II
A-5. (A) A-6. (B) A-7. (A) A-8. (B)
A-9. (B) 1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (A)
5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (C)
SECTION (B)
9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (A) 12. (D)
B-1. (C), (D) B-2. (A), (C)
13. (D) 14. (B), (C) 15. (A), (B)
B-3. (A) B-4. (B)
SECTION (C) PART - III
C-1. (D) C-2. (A) 1. (A) r (B) s (C) q (D) p
SECTION (D) 2. (A) r (B) s (C) q (D) p
D-1. (B) D-2. (D) D-3. (A) D-4. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B)
7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (A)
PART - III
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) Exercise-3
Exercise-2 PART-I
1. width of the roof is 9.6 m;
PART - I
1. (u/g) cosec  . 3
 = tan1 or  = 45°
2.   [15° , 18.5°] [71.5° , 75°] 2
 max = 75º, min = 15º
3620  9 
1 3  1 3 2. m/s , tan1  
3. sin-1 , – sin-1 3  10 
2 4 2 2 4
3. (A), (B)
20
4. m.
3 4. 400 m, VT = 40 m/s , VF = 40 3 m/s, T = 10 s.

5. 4 s, 40 3 m, 20 3 m/s PART-II
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (1)
bx 2 5. (3) 6. (1) 7. (4) 8. (2)
6. (i) y = 
a2 9. (4) 10. (2)


(ii) v = a i  2 b t j , acceleration =  2 b j ,


v = a 2  4 b 2 t 2 , |acceleration | = 2 b

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